Sunday, May 31, 2015

Maryland

fireflies ‘f antietam
out on th’grassy field, she asks
what’s left to be said
(12-17)



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sailing ‘n th’chesapeake
behind those dunes she’s reading
‘bout how t’be happy
(1-18)





docked ‘t ego alley
th’buskers try t’raise some cash, ‘n’ th’child
salutes th’midshipmen
(12-17)







june rains, linc’cum line –
obese lass talks about th’wait,
incomprehens’ble
(4-16)





watched mortar explode
on 'nam hillside - now th'harbor
fireworks make him jump
(9-05)









vet ‘n th’inner harbor
went t’nam, now even th’fireworks
make him grind his teeth
(1-17)






curses th’o’s traffic
th’radio reports th’acc’dent
near maryland house
(3-17)







baby copperheads –
t’ th’through hiker, th’maryland trail
holds his worst nightmare
(8-17)






visionary’s art –
th’intense joy’f th’harbor summer
through th’prism ‘f th’confined
(2-16)






outside gaithersburg,
looking f’r th’westbound train, but stopped
at ‘n ancient farmhouse
(1-16)








wreck ‘n th’catonsville pike
trying t’find seventy west,
saw th’steamy city
(12-17)






sailing chesapeake shore
cabins' shutters closing
in sun's reflection
(9-08)







slurps th’crab off his thumbs –
from th’eastern shore, makes th’big point
‘f eating’m in season
(3-17)







up from th’eastern shore,
‘n’ lost his wallet ‘t camden yards
wouldn’t norm’ly beg
(7-17)









woke up t’ th’copperheads –
a-t hiker tells ‘bout th’night
on th’maryland trail
(3-17)








assateague salt marsh -
trav'ler seeks respite from heat,
clapper rails still hunt
(12-13)







salt marsh clapper rails –
th’tourists’re in assateague, but they
go ‘bout their business
(12-17)






one night, mar’land trail,
through-hiker’s nightmare comes true –
whole nest ‘f copperheads
(6-15)







from th’pickup bed, watch
cowboys change drivers without
stopping – chesapeake bridge
(7-15)








camden yards gambler -
decades of wins and losses
betting on the o's
(12-13)






harper's ferry, now
antietam - firefly, how much
hist'ry do you know?
(12-14)







smell of fresh crab cakes,
eye on harbor tourguides
and the pickpockets
(12-11)









woods near arundel,
unwraps rich cheese, loaf and jug
misses home, boulogne
(12-11)








south mountain: the trail,
or th'road t'denver - sets down th'pack,
and flips a quarter
(12-14)








cut west ‘n hagerstown,
or stay with her, ‘n’ watch th’leaves turn
in th’small college town
(9-16)






nanjemoy egret,
th’leaves changing around his stage,
‘n’ his regal d’cision
(5-17)






hustling th’ravens game
used t’play music, but th’streaming
‘bout killed th’industry
(1-18)






wore th’hijab t’th’harbor
sharp words, cold winds, ‘n’ th’struggle t’be
openly muslim
(4-18)









ravens’ nineteenth pick –
watchin’ th’game from th’towson couch
getting’ drunk ‘n’ vi’lent
(11-15)







high hopes ‘t th’wedding –
th’whole raven team, her fam’ly,
cruciate ligament
(11-15)







th’inner harbor shines –
game day, ‘n’ she can’t stand th’ravens,
can’t bear it t’go home
(11-15)






long walk down howard,
cold bus stop, sidelong glances –
they, too, far from home
(4-16)






has th’right t’walk quickly
down howard – they watch his breath,
‘n’ he mumbles ‘bout drugs
(10-17)




 

clogging up th’system –
first frost, ‘n’ th’city workers have t’take
th’fatberg from th’sewer
(10-17)









saints' day - poe and ruth?
visionary museum's
here in the harbor
(8-05)







nanjemoy eagle
in talons a trout that saw
fall colors, last time
(10-08)





‘they should just get jobs,’
th’old man says, but ‘s christmas time
‘n sandtown-winchester
(5-15)







sandtown winchester
first snows ‘f christmas settle in,
sense ‘f desperation spreads
(1-17)





harbor tunnel slows
t'a crawl - maine t' georgia trip stops
as th'east coast counts down
(12-11)





stuck ‘n th’harbor tunnel
traffic’s not moving, ‘n’ the east coast
starting its countdown
(1-17)






countdown ‘n baltimore
hotelier’s nervous, some guy’s
arsenal’s on th’roof
(1-18)







epiphany feast
awaits, but traffic's backed up
since maryland house
(12-11)






between steel bridge and
harbor tunnel, truck jackknifed -
miles back, snow tests brakes
(12-11)







from th’visionary,
th’icy walk t’ th’inner harbor –
what are th’gulls saying?
(7-17)






icy glazed harbor,
late night at th'visionary -
crab cakes for breakfast
(9-08)






ice ‘t th’poe memorial
too worried about th’danger
t’think about th’guy’s life
(8-17)








justice f’r mister poe –
in life, th’maudlin verse, in death,
th’icy grave on greene
(4-16)









bal'more has drum gigs
but's hard to pay the gas bill
'round 'bout febr'ary
(12-11)









inner harbor march
scarf ‘n’ hat ‘gainst th’wind, guy mumbles
something ‘bout cocaine
(5-17)






th’old priest on dubois
th’sailor hides from th’april rains,
gives him th’sack of jewels
(1-16)








down on th’eastern shore,
mallets, crabs, th’start of th’season
he loves th’sounds of home
(4-16)






sea breeze, spring morning -
th'ocean city bartender
jams door with driftwood
(12-14)









he’d give you th’driftwood
but he found it ‘n assateague,
‘n’ he needs it t’hold th’door
(1-17)



 



spring ‘t th’metro station –
happened t’come, says th’musician
cause ‘t’s called shady grove
(1-17)









likes th’black eyed susans -
they survive th’chesapeake rains,
‘n’ still come back cheerful
(3-17)



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field ‘f black-eyed susans
th’train pushes west ‘n hagerstown,
‘n’ he’ll miss her dearly
(1-18)









oysters ‘n’ tobacco –
may fog, charles county lad’s tales
‘f th’way it’s always been
(4-16)







brown ‘n’ orange, th’orioles
shirts ‘n’ hats fill th’inner harbor –
hope for th’new season
(10-17)






maryland death fest –
even among th’blooming flow’rs,
hundreds ‘f black skull shirts
(7-17)






nanjemoy creek dawn -
egret hesitates, decides
to stay for summer
(3-10)





washington county
spring rains, ‘n’ they’re hauling off th’perp
f’r using th’online tools
(1-18)







spring ‘n ocean city
he’ll stay f’r another season
but wants t’throw th’driftwood
(12-17)








fireflies ‘t antietam
any possibility
th’souls’re still among us?
(3-17)



e pluribus haiku

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